it looks like it didn't destroy america. we're still operating. but they fought and they fought and they balanced the budget. so mr. lew was there during that period of time. certainly, he deserves some credit for that, and i was pleased to support him, but i was stunningly disappointed when mr. lew went on television and said the president's ten-year budget calls on america to live within its means to not spend more than we take in when, over the ten-year budget, there is not a single year by the president's own budget submitted by mr. lew in which the deficit fell below $600 billion. and in the out years, the numbers were going up to about about $800 billion. now since mr. lew submitted the president's budget, the congressional budget office, a bipartisan, nonpartisan group, basically the leadership elected by the democratic majority analyzed mr. lew in president -d president obama's budget said it's far lower than that. the lowest single deficit we'll have in ten years is is $740 billion. the highest president bush ever had was $450 billion. th